How can I find out an owners name and postal address?

The Local Government (Rating) Act allows these details to be made available to the public, unless there's been a specific request to withhold them. The person requesting the information has to personally come into Council and make a request.

How do I withhold my name and address details?

If you'd like your name and postal address to be withheld from our public rating information, you'll need to make a request in writing, providing details for each property concerned. You can change this back at any time by writing to us.

Things to note are:

If there's more than one owner for a property and you request to withhold details for it, all owner information will be withheld

How is the current differential rating system calculated?

The following categories have been given differential weightings as outlined below:

Category

Differential rating

Charge per $ of capital value per rating unit (cents)

General rate

Residential (RES)

1.00

0.31713

Rural (RUR)

0.75

0.23785

Business

Accommodation (BUA)

2.51

0.79599

Central (BUC)

2.72

0.86258

Suburban (BUS)

2.63

0.83404

Utility networks (UTN)

2.36

0.74842

Community Facilities 1 (CF1)

1.00

0.31713

Community Facilities 2 (CF2)

0.50

0.15856

Community Facilities 3 (CF3)

2.36

0.74842

This means that the rates are set by the rate in the dollar multiplied by the differential rating.

Calculating your rates

How are my rates calculated?

The fixed charges (including GST) on each separately occupied portion of a property are:

Water supply

Serviced

$448.50 per part

Serviceable but not connected

$224.25 per part

Wastewater

First WC or urinal per rating unit

$478.50 each

For commercial properties: second and each subsequent WC or urinal per rating unit

$239.25 each

Recycling charge

Rating units in the residential category receiving or able to use the recycling collection service

$40.00

How are the rates in the dollar on the capital value broken down?

Your rates are broken down, based on your differential group, as follows:

GWRC rates* figures below are in cents

Differential group

WRS**

WGW**

General

Transport

Rivers

Residential (RES)

$16.10

0.1500

0.04744

0.06176

0.02497

Rural (RUR)

$32.20

0.04744

0.01566

0.02497

Business:

Accommodation (BUA)

0.01097

0.04744

0.06818

0.02497

Central (BUC)

0.01097

0.04744

0.06818

0.02497

Eastbourne (BUE)

0.01097

0.04744

0.06818

0.02497

Suburban (BUS)

0.01097

0.04744

0.06818

0.02497

Utility networks (UNT)

0.01097

0.04744

0.06818

0.02497

Community Facilities 1 (CF1) (50%)*

$16.10

0.04744

0.06176

0.02497

Community Facilities 2 (CF2)

$16.10

0.04744

0.06176

0.02497

Community Facilities 3 (CF3)

$16.10

0.04744

0.06176

0.02497

*Hutt City Council collects rates on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC).

**Wellington Regional Strategy (WRS) funds the WRS including part funding of the economic development agency - Grow Wellington.

**Warm Greater Wellington (WGW) is the rate is set on those properties that utilise the WGW assistance to help install clean heat or insulation in their homes as a targeted rate of 15.00 cents per dollar of cost incurred (each year for nine years).

Jackson Street Programme

The Jackson Street Programme is a community based initiative to help reorganise and revitalise commercial activity in Jackson Street, Petone.

Business properties situated on Jackson Street between Cuba Street and Hutt Road are charged an additional rate, levied on the capital value at 0.08032 cents in the dollar to cover costs of the programme.

Private Drains Upgrade

Properties repaying the cost incurred by Council in upgrading a privately owned drain are charged a targeted rate of 24.30 cents per dollar of cost incurred (each year for five years).

An example of a rating calculation

Let’s say your property is in differential class "residential" (RES), and has a capital value of $400,000. Your rates would be worked out as follows:

Hutt City Council rates:

Charges

$400,000 X 0.30910 divided by 100=

$1,236.40

Water charge

$413.00

Waste water

$468.50

Recycling charge

$40.00

Total Hutt City Council rates

$2,157.90

GWRC rates:

Charges

$400,000 X 0.12979 divided by 100 =

$519.16

Wellington Regional Strategy Rate

$16.10

Total GWRC rates

$535.26

Total all rates

$2,693.16

The valuation process

Council contracts Quotable Value New Zealand to undertake the valuation process. For more information, visit their website or call 04 576 4455.

Greater Wellington Regional Council rates

We collect rates on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC). You can find out more about these on the GWRC website.